Planting out a garden can be expensive exercise, particularly if you have a large space to fill. Some gardeners like to propagate their own plants which can save a lot of money. But what if there were plants that self-propagate and create free plants with no effort from us?
Regular readers of the UWG newsletter will be familiar with Stephanie’s plant sheets where she highlights each month the local native species which are providing colour in the Noosa area with their new growth, flowers, fruit or trunks with peeling bark.
I often get asked how I keep the Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) looking good in my cultivated native garden.
Sharing the same name as the market town in the Noosa Hinterland, the Eumundi Quandong is looking very colourful at this time of year.
Here are some Noosa native plant identification sheets sent out this month on social media. The aim is to give residents and visitors a better idea of our true natural flora.
Saw sedges (Gahnia sp.) are widespread in coastal heath and eucalypt forests in the Noosa area. They are very ornamental, with strappy green foliage, and spikes which are covered in reddish to brownish fruits. Gahnia sp. are butterfly hosts. There are 3 species of Gahnia occurring locally: Gahnia sieberiana, Gahnia clarkei, and Gahnia aspera.